Kaye Don began his motor racing career by winning the 1928 Ards
Tourist Trophy race, held in Northern Ireland, driving a
Lea-Francis.
In February 1928, he was one of 4 drivers, led by D Marendaz, to
set a Class G (1100cc) 24 Hour record of 58 mph, at Montlhery,
driving an Anzani-engined Marendaz car.
The 6-cylinder Sunbeam "Cub" held the world record for 200
miles.
The 12-cylinder Sunbeam "Tiger" racing car twice held the outer
lap record at the Brooklands circuit. On 22nd September 1928,
a record was set at 131.76 mph, and this was increased to 134.24 mph
on 5th August 1929.
At Montlhery on 21st March 1929, co-driving a Chrysler Model 72
production car with Ernest Eldridge, a Class C 24-hour record was
set at an average speed of 72.5mph.
On 1st July 1929, at Brooklands, a world record was set for 1
mile from a standing start, at a speed of 100.77 mph.
On 23rd September 1929, at Brooklands, he set a new world record
for 200 kilometres at an average speed of 194.60 km/hour.
The following year, on 9th June 1930, his 4-Litre V-12 Sunbeam
"Tigress" set a new outer circuit lap record at 137.58 mph.
The Sunbeam-built "Silver Bullet" was designed to reach 250 mph,
and break Segrave's record in 1930 at Daytona. It had two
24-litre supercharged aero engines each developing 2000 H.P.
Due to a mixture of mechanical problems and poor weather, the car
never exceeded 200 mph.
In February 1932, he returned to Montlhery co-driving a
4 litre Delage with George Eyston & Albert Denly ,
setting World records for 1000 kms, 6 hours, 1000 miles &
2000 kms, and the Class C (3-5 litre) record for 12 hours.
In 1933, Don & Eyston, driving a
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Driving a Bugatti T54, he finished 2nd in the British Empire
Trophy race, held at Brooklands on 1st July 1933.
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1. "Speed Champions", Godfrey
Phillips, 1930 |
2. "Speed", Will's,
1930 |
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3. "Speed", The
Wizard, 1930's |
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4. "Sporting Celebrities",
Churchman, 1931/2 |
5. "Speedies" |
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6. "Record Breakers", OPC,
1933 |
7. "Sports Champions",
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Web Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaye_Don
http://www.racingcampbells.com/content/campbell.archives/silver.bullet.asp
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Sunbeam/Bullet.htm
http://www.historicracing.com/driversAlpha.cfm?fullText=3293&AlphaIndex=D
http://www.brooklandsarchives.com/
Look in Galleries S2, S4 & S5
http://www.sunbeam.org.au/gallery/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Tiger_%281925%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bullet_%28car%29
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/337680